Public and Workplace Services

Social Protection as Development Policy: Asian Perspectives

Health Financing and Delivery in India: An Overview of Selected Schemes

This paper analyzes some of India’s most prominent heath insurance schemes from the perspective of poor informal women workers, a specific...

Changing Social Policy: The Child Support Grant in South Africa

Description from HSRC Press: An important historical record of one part of post-apartheid South Africa’s policymaking, Changing Social...

WIEGO Childcare Initiative Summary Report (Thai)

This summary, in Thai, details research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations.

Literature Survey: Childcare and the Informal Economy

On the Road to Zero Waste

This set of zero waste case studies profiles nine diverse communities, each providing a real-world example of authentic progress toward the...

Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence

This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India’s unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase...

Implementation of international labour standards for domestic workers

This brief examines how ILO member States have been improving the protection of domestic workers through the implementation of different...

Livelihoods (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets: Reflections from Recent Studies in KwaZulu-Natal

Social Protection in Africa: Evidence, Politics, and Rights